Improved mole-killer



anat sala JoSEPEwILsoN, `or LITTLE EALLs NEW JERSEY.

` Letters Patent No. 97,742, lated December 7 1869.

IMPROVED MOLE-KILLER- I Gov- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Toallwhom tt mag/concern:

Be it `known thatfI, JsEPuWILsox, of Little Falls, inthe county of- Passaic, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved. Mole' `Killer`5 and I do hereby declare that thefollow-ing is` a, full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will .enable others skilled inthe art `to make and useV the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

Figure l is a vertical section of my improved molekiller.

Figure 2 isa side view of the same, part being broken i away to show the construction.

Similar letters of reference" indicate corresponding parts. v

My invention has folits object to furnish a simple, convenient, and eieotive device for destroying moles,

which shall'be so constructed that it canbe set with.

out obstructing 'the track of the mole, and thus alarming him and 1 l Y l Iticonsists in the construction and combinationof the varionsparts ofthe device, as hereinafter more'- fully described.

A represents the outer caseor box, which maybe made -ot wood.' or other suitable material, which is open at both ends, and which should be about three `feetin length, and about five inches square upon its' inside.

rB is the inner box, which -ts looselyinto the boxY or case A, which may be made of wood or other suitable material, and which should be about eighteen inches in length. y l

rlhe box Bis closed at` its lower end, and is armedf with a ,series of spikes, O, oi" suitable length. l

When in use, the box should'lbe weighted with about six or`eight pounds of stone, or -other suitable G, projecting at right angles-to the line of the shaft F, and at right angles or nearly at right angles with the arm E, as shown in iigs. 1 and 2.

The lower parts'of the rods G are bent outward slightly, and upon their' lower ends are formed hooks g', to hook upon pins n', attached to the sliding,r bars H. The bars H slide up and down in keepers, attached to the opposite sides of the outer case or box A, 'and to the lower ends of said bars Hf are attached feet 1, as shown in figs l and 2.

1n using the devicethe drop or dead-fall B GD is hooked upon the arm E of the shaft F, and is held suspended byhooking the hooks g', of the elastic rods G, upon the pins h of the sliding bars H. The device is lthenset upon the track ot' the mole,.in such a way that `the feet I of' the sliding hars H may rest upon the track of the mole, and slightly depress but not obstruct said track, so that the mole, as he passes beneath thedevice, may raise the first sliding bar H, and release the rod G connected with said sliding bar,

leaving the drop or dead-fall B C D supported by the other rod G.

The mole now passes directly beneath the drop or dead-fall B10 D, and as he attempts to pass on, h'e

raises theothcr sliding bar H, and disengages the other Vrod G, allowing the drop or dead-fall B C D to fall, driving the spikes O into him, and thus destroying him.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenti AThe combination of the outer case or box A, inner box B, spikes 0,' bail or' loop l), arm E, shaftFyielas tic rods G gland slidinr bars Hh I, with each other,

said parts being constructed' and operating as herein shown and described,1and for'the purpose set forth.

The above specification of 'my invention signed by me,this 5th day of November', 1869.

JOSEPH WILSON. W'itnesses: l

SAMUEL Porn, H. G. HUDsos. 

